Summer Bucket List

This list probably won't get completed in one summer, but it's good to have the list to pull from.  :)


Short/Easy Activities

1. Homemade Ice Cream in a Bag 
2. Homemade Popsicle - specifically fudge pops
3. Farmer's Market
4. Write letters and send pictures to Great-Grandparents in Wisconsin and Grandparents in Washington
5. 3D Sidewalk Chalk
6. Obstacle Course
7. Catch and Release fireflies (AKA lightnin' bugs)
8. Visit the Library (Nathan and Witt still need cards)
9. Wii family night
10. Water balloon fight
11. Put up glow-in-the-dark stars in the boys' room
12. Go see "Smurfs" at the movies
13. Look for shapes in the clouds
14. Make lemonade (and maybe a stand!)
15. Play board games
16. Go see "Cars 2" at the movies
17. Have a baking day and stock up on breakfast cookies, muffins, and sausages
18. Teach the boys how to jump rope
19. Root beer floats 
20. Shadow Watching
21. Have a family candle-light dinner

Long/Big Activities

1. Have a few "no screen" days (no tv, no computer, no hand held video games)
2. Space & Rocket Center
3. Botanical Gardens
4. Cub Scout Day Camp
5. Attend a week long Christian Camp (the boys and I are going - 1st time at camp for each of us!)
6. Road trip to Georgia (my brother is getting married!)
7. U-Pickit Farms
8. Spend the Night Party with the many, many boys on our street (Will's Bday Party!)
9. Teach Will how to ride his bike without training wheels (maybe Nathan & Witt, too!)
10. Help harvest Great-Grandaddy's garden (and do some canning!)
11. Visit the farm we get our milk and eggs from
12. Rollerskating
13. Hot dogs and S'mores over an open fire (at Will's Bday party)
14. Bowling
15. Set up the tent in the back yard and "camp"
16. Splash-Pad days at the local park
17. Get my blog caught up... 

 Books we own that have a movie to watch after we read it

1. Peter Pan
2. Sounder
3. Black Beauty
4. Oliver Twist
5. The Tale of Desperaux
6. Stuart Little
7. Swiss Family Robinson
8. Winnie the Pooh (coming to theaters this summer)

School Related:

1. Make Mini-Offices
2. Learn how to use an MP3 player - don't laugh!
3. Buy and automatic pencil sharpener

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